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Card from Kathleen Cantwell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946). Cantwell encloses money for the tickets she has purchased. She expresses regret that she cannot attend the showing, though she has three friends who will be attending. She assures Hanna that the play will be good, as she enjoyed it when she read it. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946), suffragette, nationalist, language teacher, was the widow of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (who was summarily executed on 26 April 1916). She was active during the Rising, bringing food to the Volunteers in the G.P.O. and the College of Surgeons. Four days passed before she found out what had happened to her husband, Francis (1878-1916), and it wasn't until almost two weeks later that the full details of his execution emerged.
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